Social Studies

National Social Studies Documents:

• 21st Century Skills: Social Studies (.pdf)

• NCSS Literacy Skills for Social Studies.doc (one page excerpt from the document below)

• National Council of Social Studies Curriculum Standards Update DRAFT, Fall 2008

• National Council of Social Studies NCSS Teacher Standards (2004).pdf

• Comprehensive Social Studies Assessment Project

• National Council of Social Studies Ten Themes One Page.pdf

• NCSS Ten Themes (with Discussion).pdf

Big Picture Resources:

• Digital Video and Social Studies - from CITE - Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education

• Writing in the 21st Century, a report from NCTE

• Focus on Effectiveness - Integrating Technology into Research-Based Strategies (NWREL)

• Denver Best Practice and "Look Fors" in the Social Studies Classroom

• The Global Challenge Project

• Using Primary Sources on the Web - American Library Association - Reference & User Services Guide

• Primary Access - Tools for Teachers from the University of Virginia

• Google LIFE Photo Archive

• Indigenous Peoples Literature

• Propaganda A Collection of Resources

Game from Marketplace American Public Media (Retired 2014)

Resources from Beth Ratway @ Wisconsin DPI:

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  WI SS skills (DRAFT).doc
  

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  - Reflection in the Center

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  WI Grade Level Foundations Social Studies.pdf
  

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  - Draft 12-05-08

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  DPI_SS_new.pdf
  

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  - Triangle Graphic Three Literacies

• Thinking Like a [Social Scientist].doc - Questions

• Virginia History and Social Science Enhanced Scope and Sequence

• History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web

• Teaching with Documents - Peter Pappas

• Shawnee Mission Social Studies Resources

• Cumberland MS Teacher Joe Wait loves Social Studies

• Kentucky Combined Curriculum Documents (all)